Thematic Bible: Cedars


Thematic Bible



His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice like its cedars. Verse ConceptsThings Like Gold

This is what the Lord GOD says, "I'm also going to take a shoot from the top of a cedar and plant it. I'll pluck off its delicate twigs and transplant it on a high and lofty mountain. I'll transplant it on Israel's land, and it will grow branches, bear fruit, and become a majestic cedar. All sorts of birds will rest under it, and they'll settle down in the shade of its branches.

Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites in front of them, though their height seemed like a cedar, though their strength seemed like an oak, but whose fruit I destroyed from above and the roots from beneath. Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

By your messengers you have insulted the LORD, and you have said, "With my many chariots I have climbed the heights of mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its pines; I reached its remotest heights, the most verdant of its forests. Verse ConceptsChariotsCedarFelling TreesTrusting In Chariots

This is what the Lord GOD says, "I'm also going to take a shoot from the top of a cedar and plant it. I'll pluck off its delicate twigs and transplant it on a high and lofty mountain. Verse ConceptsTendernessMessianic PropheciesMetaphorical PlantingThe Mountains Of Israel

In order to cleanse the house, he is to take two birds, some cedar wood, two crimson threads, and some hyssop. Then he is to slaughter one bird on an earthen vessel over flowing water. He is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the two crimson threads, and the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird over flowing water. Then he is to sprinkle the house seven times. read more.
He is to clean the house with the blood of the bird over flowing water, including cleansing the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the crimson thread.

If he has been healed, then the priest is to command that two live and clean birds, some cedar wood, some crimson thread, and hyssop be brought for the one cleansed. Then the priest is to command that one bird be slaughtered on an earthen vessel over flowing water. He is to take the live bird, the cedar wood, the crimson thread, and the hyssop, and dip them together in the blood of the bird that had been slaughtered over the flowing water. read more.
He is to sprinkle the blood seven times on the person with the infectious skin disease and then pronounce him clean. Then he is to release the live bird into the open fields.

He will take his stand against all the cedars of Lebanon, against the proud and self-exalting; and against all the oaks of Bashan; Verse ConceptsOaks

Behold, the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies will lop off its boughs with terrifying power; the tallest in height will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low. He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One."

Later, King Hiram of Tyre sent a delegation to David, accompanied by cedar logs, carpenters, and stone masons. They built a palace for David. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenMessengers Sent OutCedarCarpentersBuildingMasonsStonesZion, As A PlaceCommerceCedar Wood

He built his own palace out of timber supplied from the forest of Lebanon. It was 100 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, 20 cubits tall, and was constructed on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams interlocking the pillars. There were 45 pillars paneled with cedar above the side chambers, with rows of fifteen pillars,

So now I'm planning to build a temple dedicated to the LORD my God, just as the LORD told my father when he said, "Your son, whom I will set on your throne to replace you, will build the Temple dedicated to me.' Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesThroneSolomon's TempleA Place For God's Name

After Solomon built the Temple and finished it, he covered the Temple with beams and planks made of cedar. He constructed this structure to adjoin the entire Temple, five cubits high, and fastened it to the Temple with cedar timbers.

Mountains were covered by its shadows, and the mighty cedars by its branches. Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

I'll transplant it on Israel's land, and it will grow branches, bear fruit, and become a majestic cedar. All sorts of birds will rest under it, and they'll settle down in the shade of its branches. Verse ConceptsBearing Fruit

The loftiest trees are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted, Verse ConceptsCedar

I'll put cedar trees in the wilderness, along with acacia, myrtle, and olive trees. I'll plant cypresses in the desert box trees, and pine trees together Verse ConceptsFir TreesOlivesTreesWaste Places RestoredMyrtleOlive TreesChristmas Tree

Then the bramble bush replied to the trees, "If you really are consecrating me to rule you, come and put your confidence in my shade; but if not, may fire spring out from the bramble bush and burn up the cedars of Lebanon"' Verse ConceptsCedarShadowsBramblesBurning PlantsPerforming The Truth


Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites in front of them, though their height seemed like a cedar, though their strength seemed like an oak, but whose fruit I destroyed from above and the roots from beneath. Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

Think about Assyria, that cedar of Lebanon, beautiful with its branches, like a shady forest, with an awesome height, its summit touches the clouds. Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfCedarPride, Examples OfTreesThings On High

Your lips drip honey, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The scent of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsHoneyRich Foodspouse

King Solomon made the sedan chair for himself from the trees of Lebanon.

That's how Hiram came to provide Solomon as much cedar and cypress timber as he needed. In return, Solomon paid Hiram 20,000 kors of wheat as food for his household, and 20 kors of beaten oil. Solomon provided this amount every year during the construction.

He plucked off the top of its shoot, brought it to a land of merchants, and set it down in a city full of traders. Then the eagle took a seed from the land and planted it in fertile ground. He planted it like a willow tree next to abundant waters.

You who live in Lebanon, who build your nest in the cedars, how you will groan when pains come upon you, pain like that of a woman giving birth. Verse ConceptsCedarLabour Pains

Mountains were covered by its shadows, and the mighty cedars by its branches. Its branches spread out to the Mediterranean Sea and its shoots to the Euphrates River.

trading garments made into the finest blue and embroidered mantels, and also multi-colored carpets, ropes, and other merchandise. Verse ConceptsBeauty, In ArtefactsClothing, Kinds OfMarketsRich ApparelCommerceBlue ClothMulti ColouredColorreinforcement

The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and made cedar trees as abundant as sycamore trees in the Shephelah. Verse ConceptsCedarSilverSycamoresTreesCedar WoodThe Shephelah

I'll appoint people to destroy you men with their weapons. They'll cut down some of your choice cedars and incinerate them. Verse ConceptsFelling TreesThose Who DestroyBurning Plants

Tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says, "A massive eagle with gigantic wings, long pinions, and full, multi-colored plumage came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar. Verse ConceptsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsWings Of BirdsFeathersMulti ColouredColorRainbow

They're spread out like valleys, like gardens along river banks, like aloe planted by the LORD, or like cedars beside water. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSpreadingGardens

Then the priest is to take some cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet material and throw it into the middle of the burning heifer. Verse ConceptsCrimsonWoolRed MaterialCedar Wood

"They brought in a ship made with pine planking from Senir, configured with a mast carved from a cedar from Lebanon, Verse ConceptsCedarFir TreesBoardsCedar Wood

He cuts down cedars, or chooses a cypress tree or an oak, and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. Or he plants a cedar, and the rain makes it grow. Verse ConceptsTreesFelling Treeswoodworkingtoughness

They're spread out like valleys, like gardens along river banks, like aloe planted by the LORD, or like cedars beside water. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSpreadingGardens

He described trees everything from cedars that grow in Lebanon to hyssop that grows on a garden wall. He described animals, birds, reptiles, and fish. Verse ConceptsCedarHyssopPlantsRelation Of Animals To ManBeauty Of NatureFishPets


"The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamore trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.' Verse ConceptsBricksHousesMasonsProperty, HousesStonesSycamoresFortsStone ItemsCedar WoodThings ImprovedChristmas Treerebuilding

mountains and every hill, fruit trees and cedars,

The voice of the LORD snaps the cedars; the LORD snaps the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature


Even the cypresses rejoice over you, as do the cedars of Lebanon, saying, "Now that you've been laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.' Verse ConceptsCedarFir TreesFelling Trees

The voice of the LORD snaps the cedars; the LORD snaps the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature

But King Jehoash of Israel sent this message to King Amaziah of Judah: "The thorn bush in Lebanon sent this message to the cedar of Lebanon: "Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' But just then a wild beast from Lebanon wandered by and trampled down the thorn bush. Verse ConceptsCedarFablesThornsSarcasmThistlesOld Testament ParablesGiving In Marriage

He will take his stand against all the cedars of Lebanon, against the proud and self-exalting; and against all the oaks of Bashan; Verse ConceptsOaks

He described trees everything from cedars that grow in Lebanon to hyssop that grows on a garden wall. He described animals, birds, reptiles, and fish. Verse ConceptsCedarHyssopPlantsRelation Of Animals To ManBeauty Of NatureFishPets

Mountains were covered by its shadows, and the mighty cedars by its branches. Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

The loftiest trees are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted, Verse ConceptsCedar

The voice of the LORD snaps the cedars; the LORD snaps the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature

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